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. 2020 Jun 15;12(6):e8622. doi: 10.7759/cureus.8622

Table 8. Questions adapted from DISCERN tool for the evaluation of the reliability of the videos .

1 point is awarded for 'yes' response and 0 points awarded for 'no' response

Adapted from [9,11,14]

Item Questions
1 Are the aims clear and achieved?  
2 Are reliable sources of information used? (i.e. publication cited, the speaker is a specialist e.g. doctor, nurse, public health expert, infectious diseases expert, virologist, microbiologist)  
3 Is the information presented balanced and unbiased?  
4 Are additional sources of information listed for patient reference?  
5 Are areas of uncertainty mentioned?